Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
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没想到特种兵也会生活拮据，不过特种兵有特种兵的赚钱方式，高薪但极其危险。男主就是接受雇佣后，却卷入了一场阴谋。
该去的地方没去成，不该得的没得到还搭进去了一条命。人要知道满足
Zac Efron自虐记 是准备挖金版荒野猎人冲一冲奖？
最后的jump scary吓我一弹，来打分了才发现男主是歌舞青春那哥们，额。
2022013画面质感一分剧本加结尾一分，其他的都没有什么可说的了，末世放逐风格版的活埋
要不是主演的颜值还能看 应该不会坚持看完…电影节奏有问题，故事线也不清晰…
两个贪婪的蠢批，坑填上一起回去租拖车不就行了吗?
看完了，太老套的剧情，哪怕用的这种滤镜和叙事风格。背叛了自己的得死，幡然回复的也得死，自己看着老婆孩子远去，露出一丝欣慰。故事老套，结局重复，实在太一般了。哪怕最后的镜头是从BOSS那里再搜刮一大笔钱呢，我也能多给一星。
所以，电影就是一个寓言故事。包括那辆飞机，肯定不是带着黄金掉到这里的，如果是带着黄金不会是那么一大块；所以飞机也可能是之前企图来夺走黄金的人。至于那对用弓箭的姐妹，应该说她们也是守护黄金的当地人。故事不是简单的螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后；而是人性的贪婪执念，还有财富的力量（其实是它拥有人类，绝对不是人类拥有它）。
影片放映到一半的时候，其实我就决定写一写这部。等电影放映完，时下认为这部电影可能不值得一篇长影评。如果非得写长影评，可能我会将题目定为资本主义的另类史。其实另类也不另类，因为历史上的冒险家都知道，死亡是掘金这一暴利而危险的看似迷人的行为未显示出的黑暗面。资本积累的过程中，永远不知道意外和惊喜哪一个先来到，于是，涌现在我心头直观的字眼是：矛盾。 蝎子一辈子在黄金上攀爬，却不知黄金的价值。而人一辈子追逐黄金，却牺牲自己的生存成本。影片最后那支不知从哪里射出的箭还挺是点睛的，突然遭遇死亡便是人们既定追求财富的另类结局。你可以说这是自然的报复或反噬，或者是导演有意点醒我们，不要视所有的给予理所当然。
5/10。故事很简单，老兵复仇记。前半截有点冗长，真正动作戏却很短暂。本质我觉得还是反战片吧。
故事虽然比较简单，一个男人守着一块金子。我倒觉得他所表达的内容还是比较丰富的那种情绪以及决策的纠结是非常有层次感的，本来发现一堆金的两个人就必然产生矛盾，没有现场弄个你死我活，已经是一种故事的设定。带着一部分精子离开，还是等待着所谓的同伴一起来，将所有的金子带走去火流成为一个纠结的问题，直到最后我觉得他守住的只是自己的坚持。故事最后也不出所意料开车走的同伴其实就是在等着男主角自己的死亡而独占金子。应该这也是人性吧。
不怎么样 这个演美国大兵确实蛮像 但好像也就是这样而已
把主角对金子贵过命的心态拍得太突出，超出常人对求生本能的正常反应。
化妆和故事叙述都不错，一部小成本电影构造出大片的感觉，和狙击电话亭有一拼，略显不足的是总体情节比较单调，颇考验观影人的耐心，化妆的细节处理和反转的结局给影片增色不少，尤其那最后一箭，吓人一跳，倒也合乎逻辑，给个五星。
还行吧，近期演的比较顺眼的一部了，中间有一段演得很好，不说话的时候也不错，其他还是老样子。叙述和摄影都没什么新鲜，内容过于简单平淡，没有应该出现的渐进和变化，有的台词和剪辑白到令人尴尬，画面质感好雷啊，这打光像劣质电视剧。
淘金版《荒野求生》，巨大利益面前的搏命挣扎……虽然猜不到结局，但还是感觉知道结果……
还是可以的，大量的独角戏但并不让人觉得无聊。故事简单，演技也都在线！
三星半，前半部分剧情还不错，中段到达柏林迎来高潮，结尾潦草，转折有点生硬。男主派恩撑起了整部电影，演技到位，气质拿捏。
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